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19/12/2024 Today, three companies have been offered exploration licences for CO2 storage in two areas in the North Sea. Updated: 19/12/2024 Latest news Drilling permit for wellbore 25/11-30 S 27/03/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate has granted Equinor Energy AS drilling permit for wellbore 25/11-30 S in production licence 169, cf. Section 13 of the Resource Management Regulations. Production figures Febuary 2025 20/03/2025 Preliminary production figures for February 2025 show an average daily production of 1 938 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate. Drilling permit for wellbore 9/6-1 …
Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Karim Badawi, visited the infrastructure for receiving, and storing petroleum products and LNG at Sokhna Port, operated by Sumed and Sonker companies. The tour included visiting the facilities of receiving crude oil and petroleum products, the main control unit, and the new natural gas transferring projects to receive the imported gas at the port then pumping it into the national gas grid, contributing to covering the domestic consumption requirements and the electricity sector as well. During the tour, Engineer Karim Badawi emphasized that the SUMED company plays an important role due to its facilities,…
With parliament suspended, Kuwait is seeking to implement overdue reforms aimed at diversifying and growing the economy. A long-awaited debt… Source link
20/12/2024 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate is hosting a Technology Day on 5 June 2025 in Stavanger – and now you can nominate suggested lectures for the event. We would welcome suggested lectures that shine a spotlight on experiences related to the topics in our technology strategy. Use the nomination form to submit suggestions; the deadline is 28 February. We will review all suggestions received when we put together the programme for Technology Day 2025. You can find the programme and lectures from Technology Day 2024 (Norwegian only) for inspiration. This is the fourth consecutive year we’ve…
The impression still exists that snubbing or hydraulic workover units are exclusively used on blowouts or otherwise uncontrollable wells, which is false. The running of tubulars under pressure has indeed made it possible to bring many wells under control at a considerable saving to the industry, but the ability to perform many routine workovers- and wells servicing tasks on live wells, thereby reducing or eliminating kill fluid, protects the reservoir from formation damage and effects a more efficient and economical workover. Hydraulic Workovers A HWO unit can be used for the working envelope as workover- and/or drilling rigs but has…
TotalEnergies reveals in its recent annual report that two exploration wells drilled in 2024 on Oman exploration Block 12 (Total 80%op, PTTEP 20%) were dry. Muscat awarded Total the right to explore non-associated gas prospects in the concession back in 2019 after carving it out of the massive Block 6 operated by state firm PDO (MEES, 12 April 2019). Total did not respond to questions from MEES about its future plans for the block. News of the onshore gas flop comes on the back of more promising developments on two Oman blocks where Total partners Shell. The UK-based major is…
09/01/2025 The Norwegian Offshore Directorate’s summary of activity on the Norwegian continental shelf in 2024 shows that gas production is higher than ever. “Since the transport of gas from Russia through Ukraine ended at year-end, gas from Norway has become even more important,” says Torgeir Stordal, Director general of the Norwegian Offshore Directorate. Gas production reached a record-high in 2024. A total of 124 billion standard cubic metres (Sm3) was sold. In comparison, 122.8 billion Sm3 of gas was sold in 2022. “Electricity exports are a hot topic these days. Energy content of our gas exports…
BOP Stack Has the Annular rubber been visually inspected at Rig-up? Did you verify the RAM rubber configuration? Has the BOP been Low- and High pressure tested? No leakages from weep holes observed? Are handwheels available (on location) to lock the rams? Are the Shear rams capable of shearing the DP in use? Is there a NRV installed in the Kill line? If not, do you have a dispensation? Have the side outlets been fitted with WECO connections? Are the handwheels on the side outlet v/v’s locked & installed? Are all snublines installed on the HP lines? Is there a pressure gauge installed on the 13-3/8″and 9-5/8″ Annulus? What do they…
A landing nipple is a tubing sub with a box, pin-threaded connection, and a precisely machined and configured internal bore. This internal bore, designed to accept a suitably sized mandrel with a matching external profile, functions as a guide for the mandrel as it is run down the inside of the tubing string using a wireline. The nipple normally provides two facilities: A facility will allow the mandrel to be latched within the nipple profile. a sealing capability for the mandrel within the bore of the nipple. Therefore, the nipple must offer a landing/locking profile and a seal bore. The…
14/01/2025 In the 2024 awards in pre-defined areas (APA), 20 companies have been offered ownership interests in a total of 53 production licences on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS). The authorities reviewed applications from a total of 21 companies in autumn 2024. Of these 53 production licences, 33 are in the North Sea, 19 in the Norwegian Sea and 1 in the Barents Sea. 20 of the production licences are additional acreage for existing production licences. “This year’s awards show that the companies on the NCS are still very confident in their ability…